Incumbents

On March 28, 1935, president of Poland

Ignacy Mościcki Ignacy Mościcki (; 1 December 1867 – 2 October 1946) was a Polish chemist and politician who was the country's president from 1926 to 1939. He was the longest serving president in Polish history. Mościcki was the President of Poland when Ge ...

designed the government under prime minister

Walery Sławek Walery Jan Sławek (; 2 November 1879 – 3 April 1939) was a Polish politician, freemason, military officer and activist, who in the early 1930s served three times as Prime Minister of Poland. He was one of the closest aides of Polish lead ...

, who replaced

Leon Kozłowski Leon Tadeusz Kozłowski (; 6 June 1892 – 11 May 1944) was a Polish archaeologist, freemason, and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1934 to 1935. Life Leon Kozłowski was born in 1892 in the village of Rembieszyce near Ma ...

. Sławek himself was on October 13, 1935 replaced by

Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski (; 16 March 1892 – 12 April 1946) was a Polish politician, freemason and military officer who served as voivode of Białystok Voivodeship in 1930-1934, Mayor of Warsaw in 1934 and 27th Prime Minister of Poland fr ...

Members of the Third Government of Walery Sławek (March 28 - October 13, 1935)

* Prime Minister - Walery Sławek, * Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Treasury -

Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (30 December 1888, Kraków – 22 August 1974, Kraków) was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic. Biography He studied at the pr ...

, * Minister of Foreign Affairs -

Józef Beck Józef Beck (; 4 October 1894 – 5 June 1944) was a Polish statesman who served the Second Republic of Poland as a diplomat and military officer. A close associate of Józef Piłsudski, Beck is most famous for being Polish foreign minister in ...

, * Minister of Internal Affairs -

, * Minister of Justice - Czesław Michałowski, * Minister of Military Affairs -

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...

(since May 13:

Tadeusz Kasprzycki Tadeusz Adam Kasprzycki (16 January 1891 – 4 December 1978) was a member of the Polish Legions in First World War, major general of the Polish Armed Forces from 1929 and Minister of Military Affairs of Poland from 1935 to 1939. He commanded ...

), * Minister of Agriculture - Juliusz Poniatowski, * Minister of Communication -

Michał Butkiewicz Michał Butkiewicz (born 18 August 1942) is a Polish fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially brande ...

, * Minister of Post Office and Telegraphs - Emil Kaliński, * Minister of Religious Beliefs and Public Enlightenment -

Wacław Jędrzejewicz General Wacław Jędrzejewicz (; 29 January 1893 – 30 November 1993) was a Polish Army officer, diplomacy, diplomat, politician and historian, and subsequently an American college professor. He was co-founder, president, and long-time execu ...

, * Minister of Industry and Trade -

Henryk Floyar-Rajchman Henryk Floyar-Rajchman (December 7, 1893 – March 22, 1951) was a Polish statesman and a founding member of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America for Research in the Modern History of Poland created in New York City in July 1943. Early life ...

, * Minister of Treasury -

Władysław Marian Zawadzki Władysław is a Polish given male name, cognate with Vladislav. The feminine form is Władysława, archaic forms are Włodzisław (male) and Włodzisława (female), and Wladislaw is a variation. These names may refer to: People Mononym * Włodzis ...

, * Minister for Social Welfare -

Jerzy Paciorkowski Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek (), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish. Peop ...

Other personalities

* Primate of Poland -

August Hlond August Hlond, SDB (5 July 1881 – 22 October 1948) was a Polish Salesian prelate who served as Archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno and as Primate of Poland. He was later appointed Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and was made a cardinal of ...

, * Marshall of the

Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

Kazimierz Świtalski Kazimierz Stanisław Świtalski (; 4 March 1886 – 28 December 1962) was a Polish politician, diplomat, soldier, military officer in the Polish Legions and Prime Minister of Poland between April and December 1929. Early life and studies Kazim ...

(until October 3, 1935), Stanislaw Car (since October 4, 1935), * Marshall of the Senat -

Władysław Raczkiewicz Władysław Raczkiewicz (; 28 January 1885 – 6 June 1947) was a Polish politician, lawyer, diplomat and President of Poland-in-exile from 1939 until his death in 1947. Until 1945, he was the internationally recognized Polish head of state, ...

(until October 3, 1935),

Aleksander Prystor Aleksander Błażej Prystor (; 2 January 1874 – 1941) was a Polish politician, activist, soldier and freemason, who served as 23rd Prime Minister of Poland from 1931 to 1933. He was a member of the Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist ...

(since October 4, 1935).

Events

January

* January 6. Second World Zionist-Revisionist Conference begins in

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

, * January 10. ORP ''Mewa'' is launched, * January 15.

Polish Radio The Polish Radio (PR; Polish: ''Polskie Radio'', PR) is a national public-service radio broadcasting organization of Poland, founded in 1925. It is owned by the State Treasury of Poland. On 27 December 2023, the Minister of Culture and Nationa ...

station in

Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

begins broadcasting, as the eight radio station in Poland. First flight of

RWD 13 The RWD 13 was a Polish touring plane of 1935, three-seater high-wing monoplane, designed by the RWD team. It was the biggest commercial success of the RWD. Development The RWD 13 was a touring plane, developed from a line of sports planes RWD ...

takes place, * January 25. General

Kordian Józef Zamorski Kordian Józef Zamorski (Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyżewski, Rzepiennik, near Gorlice, 1 April 1890 – 19 December 1983, London) was a Polish military officer and (1935–39) chief of the State Police (Poland), Polish State Police. In his latter capac ...

is named chief of Polish State Police,

February

* February 1.

Bolesław Limanowski Bolesław Limanowski (; 18 October 1835 – 15 February 1935) was a Polish socialist politician, as well as historian and journalist and advocate of Agrarianism. He was one of the first people to promote socialist ideas in Poland. Political act ...

, an early leader of Polish Socialist movement, dies in Warsaw, * February 7. Polish - British trade agreement is signed, * February 8. Premiere of

Police Chief Antek ''Police Chief Antek'' (''Antek policmajster'') is a 1935 Polish comedy film directed by Michał Waszyński. Cast * Mieczysława Ćwiklińska... The Governor's Wife * Maria Bogda ... The Governor's Servant *Adolf Dymsza ... Antek Król * A ...

March

* March 23. The

votes in favour of

April Constitution of Poland The April Constitution of Poland ( or ''Konstytucja kwietniowa'') was the general law passed by the act of the Polish Sejm on 23 April 1935. It established a presidential system in the Second Polish Republic with strong executive powers. The ...

. The Constitution is signed one month later by President

, * March 28. Third government of

is formed, after the dissolution of the government of Leopold Kozłowski,

April

* April 7. The

NSDAP The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers ...

wins the elections to the

Volkstag The Volkstag (English: ''People's Diet'') was the parliament of the Free City of Danzig between 1919 and 1939. After World War I Danzig (Gdańsk) became a Free City under the protection of the League of Nations. The first elections to a const ...

of the

Free City of Danzig The Free City of Danzig (; ) was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrou ...

, * April 14.

Andrzej Gwiazda Andrzej Gwiazda (born 14 April 1935 in Pińczów) is an engineer and prominent opposition leader, who participated in Polish March 1968 Events and December 1970 Events; one of the founders of Free Trade Unions, Member of the Presiding Committee ...

is born in

Pińczów Pińczów is a town in southern Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. The population is 10,946 (2018). Pińczów belongs to the historical region of Lesser Poland (Polish: ...

, * April 23. President Mościcki signs the April Constitution,

May

* May 12.

dies in Warsaw's

Belweder Belweder (; from the Italian ''belvedere'', "beautiful view") is a neoclassical palace in Warsaw, Poland. Erected in 1660 and remodelled in the early 1800s, it is one of several official residences used by Polish presidents as well as a state ...

. National mourning is declared, * May 18. Official end of the funeral of Józef Piłsudski at

Wawel Castle The Wawel Royal Castle (; ''Zamek Królewski na Wawelu'') and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was established o ...

in Kraków.

Edward Rydz-Śmigły Marshal Edward Śmigły-Rydz also called Edward Rydz-Śmigły, (11 March 1886 – 2 December 1941) was a Polish people, Polish politician, statesman, Marshal of Poland and Commander-in-Chief of Poland's armed forces, as well as a painter and ...

becomes General Inspector of Polish Armed Forces, * May 20.

Warsaw University The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well as 100 specializat ...

is named after Józef Piłsudski,

June

* June 28. New electoral system is introduced in Poland,

July

* July 3. Historian

Michał Bobrzyński Michał Hieronim Bobrzyński (Michael Bobrzynski) (30 September 1849 – 3 July 1935) was a Polish historian and conservative politician. Life Bobrzynski was born at Kraków in Galicia. He was educated there, graduating from the '' gymnasi ...

dies in Łopuchówek near

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

, * July 6-7. Polish Track and Field Championships take place * July 10. Polish Parliament is dissolved,

August

* August 1. Construction of the

Kasprowy Wierch Kasprowy Wierch (; Slovak: ''Kasprov vrch''; sometimes in English ''Kasper Peak'') is a peak of a long crest in the Western Tatras, one of Poland's main winter ski areas. Its dominant southern crests mark the border with Slovakia. It is accessi ...

Cable Car begins, * August 4. Sprinter

Stanisława Walasiewicz Stanisława Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980), also known as Stefania Walasiewicz, and Stella Walsh, was a Polish-American track and field athlete, who became a women's Olympic champion in the 100 metres. Born in Poland and raised ...

sets world 200 meters record,

September

* September 3.

Dar Pomorza The ''Dar Pomorza'' () is a Polish full-rigged sailing ship built in 1909 which is preserved in Gdynia as a museum ship. She has served as a sail training ship in Germany, France, and Poland. ''Dar Pomorza'' won the Cutty Sark Trophy in 1980. ...

returns to

Gdynia Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...

, after its successful voyage around the world, * September 8. Nationwide election to the Sejm, * September 15. Nationwide election to the Senate.

MS Piłsudski MS ''Piłsudski'' (later renamed ORP ''Piłsudski'') was a medium-size ocean liner of the Polish Merchant Marine, named for Marshal Józef Piłsudski, a national hero of Poland. While transporting troops, the ship was sunk off the coast of Engl ...

enters the regular service, * September 16. Polish crew

Zbigniew Burzyński Zbigniew Jan Władysław Antoni Burzyński (31 March 1902 in Zhovkva, near Lwów – 30 December 1971 in Warsaw), was a Polish balloonist and constructor of balloons, pioneer of Polish balloons, who twice won the Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooni ...

and

Władysław Wysocki Władysław Wysocki (24 April 1908 – 12 October 1943) was an infantry captain in the Polish People's Army and recipient of the title of Hero of Soviet Union. Early life Wysocki was born on 24 April 1908 in the city of Bielsk Podlaski. After grad ...

wins the

Gordon Bennett Cup (ballooning) The Gordon Bennett Cup (or ) is the world's oldest gas balloon race, and is "regarded as the premier event of world balloon racing" according to the ''Los Angeles Times''. Referred to as the "Blue Ribbon" of aeronautics, the first race started f ...

. Poland again becomes a member of the Council of the

League of Nations The League of Nations (LN or LoN; , SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace ...

, * September 25. Premiere of ''Dwie Joasie'', featuring

Jadwiga Smosarska Jadwiga Smosarska (23 September 1898 – 1 November 1971) was a Polish film actress. She appeared in more than 25 films between 1919 and 1937, as well as various stage productions. Biography Smosarska was known for playing characters repre ...

and Ina Benita,

October

* October 13. The government of

is formed, * October 24. Film director

Marek Piwowski Marek Andrzej Piwowski (; born 24 October 1935 in Warsaw) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his cult film ''Rejs (film), Rejs'' (1970). Filmography * ''Rejs (film), Rejs'' – 1970 * ''Psychodrama (film), Psychodram ...

is born in Warsaw, * October 25. Premiere of

Rapsodia Bałtyku Rapsodia Bałtyku (English: ''Baltic Rhapsody'') is a Polish melodrama film from 1935 directed by Leonard Buczkowski. It is the story about two friends, Adam and Zygmunt, serving in the floatplanes escadrille of the Polish Navy. It is notable f ...

, * October 30. The

Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government The Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government (, ; abbreviated ''BBWR'') was a "non-political" organization in the interwar Second Polish Republic, in 1928–35. It was closely affiliated with Józef Piłsudski and his Sanation moveme ...

is dissolved upon the decision of Prime Minister Walery Sławek.

December

* December 7. Main building of

AGH University of Science and Technology AGH University of Krakow, (abbreviated as ''AGH University''; formerly: AGH University of Science and Technology or ''AGH UST'') is a public university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1913, its inauguration took place in 1919. The university foc ...

is completed in Kraków. Its construction lasted 14 years, * December 12. Premiere of '' Kochaj Tylko Mnie''.

Sources

Ilustrowany Kurjer Codzienny in digital version
{{Year in Europe, 1935